As silk fabrics became all the rage in imperial Rome, explorers and merchants opened up land and sea routes, fostering not only commerce but a robust exchange of wisdom and beliefs. Two merchants ...

The story of this ancient international heist reveals much about the ancient economies of both ancient Rome and China.

The Great Silk Route, or Silk Road, was the fabled overland supply chain that famously allowed the supply of Chinese goods to reach ancient Rome from ... many points in history when disorder ...

So, what were the events that defined the history of the Silk Road, and why did this system eventually end ... to A.D. 220 and concentrated on the movement of silks from China to Rome, where people ...

Here are five ancient stone pathways that promise an unforgettable travel experience. The Inca Trail in Peru is arguably the ...

Michael Wood looks at the opening of the Silk Road & 'the beginnings of universal history' Michael takes a stroll through the fabulous markets of Kashgar in Chinese Central Asia, still today full ...

Renowned for their sense of commerce and diplomacy along the Silk Road from antiquity to the High ... and integration characteristic of Sogdian history in China. The genetic duality found in ...

Scientists have gained new insight into the Silk Road through the discovery of two abandoned cities. Located in southeastern Uzbekistan, the cities were likely large urban centers that now point ...

(Xi Jinping’s reaction was not recorded.) William Dalrymple does not deploy that Sanskrit phrase in “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.” But his audacious book’s aim ...